Seven including four children killed in gas leakage incident in Toba Tek Singh

TOBA TEK SINGH: Seven members of a family including four children were burnt to death as fire erupted at a house in Pir Mahal, Toba Tek Singh due to gas leakage.  

According to rescue sources, blaze broke out at the house, resulting in the death of seven people including four children and severe burn injuries to three others.

Getting information about the incident, the rescue teams reached the spot and managed to carry out the relief work. The bodies and injured were rushed to the hospital.

Read more: One killed, six injured as four-storey residential building collapses in Korangi

Earlier in the month of September, at least four persons were killed and seven were severely wounded when a multi-story residential building collapsed in city’s area of Korangi.

Troops of the Pakistan Army, Sindh Rangers, Police and Social Welfare organisations had contributed to the operation.

According to the Sindh Building Control Authority (SCBA), the collapsed building was a four-storey, which had caused damage to a nearby building.